Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
PETIOLATE
Adjective
petiolate (not comparable)
petiolated (connected to a stem by means of a petiole)
Noun
petiolate (plural petiolates)
Such a leaf
Source: Wiktionary
Pet"i*o*late, Pet"i*o*la`ted, a. (Bot. & Zoöl.)
Definition: Having a stalk or petiole; as, a petioleate leaf; the petiolated abdomen of certain Hymenoptera.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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